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Mission
Celebrate Recovery (CR) exists to help people find freedom and healing from their hurts, hang-ups and habits through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
About
Celebrate Recovery (or CR) provides a safe place where we are welcome in our brokenness, but it doesn't leave us there. It provides hope and healing from our hurts, hang-ups, and habits including addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviors -- all through the power of Jesus Christ.
We are a group of people being restored in community.
All of us struggle with something, and only 1 in 3 attenders of CR struggle with chemical issues like drugs or alcohol. Most come for another hurt or behavior that is quietly hindering their walk with Christ. Some come for codependency, or food issues, or distorted body image, or people-pleasing, or many other reasons.
Do you feel spiritually stuck and are unsure why? Then we welcome you to join us on a journey of discovery of how Christ can heal and restore.
Everyone is welcome, and we pray you find hope and healing in this safe community.
If you have any questions, you can email cr@providencewc.org.
WHAT TO EXPECT
We begin at 6PM in our multi-purpose room by singing a few worship songs together. After this, there is either a lesson from the Celebrate Recovery curriculum or a testimony. When this is over, newcomers stay in the room for an informational meeting to find out more about CR and if it is a good fit for them.
Those who are not new attend an Open Share meeting, which are gender-specific, where it is safe to share without fear of someone trying to "fix" you. When this time of sharing is over, we gather back in the cafe for coffee, snacks, and fellowship.
We wrap up before 8:00pm.
CELEBRATE RECOVERY MERCH
History
Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 as a ministry of Saddleback Church by Pastor John and Cheryl Baker. John shared with Senior Pastor Rick Warren a vision God had given him for a new Christ-centered ministry where people could find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits.
The first night 43 people attended, and Celebrate Recovery was born with only four Open Share Groups — Men’s and Women’s Chemical Dependency, and Men’s and Women’s Co-Dependency. Over the years, thousands of people have gone through the program at Saddleback Church. Many of them have gone on to serve in Celebrate Recovery and other areas of the church.
Thousands of churches have started a Celebrate Recovery ministry around the world, and that number continues to grow. Celebrate Recovery is not just growing in churches, but in recovery houses, rescue missions, universities, and prisons around the world. It continues to be a growing global movement!
The need for Celebrate Recovery is unmistakable, being a safe place for people to find freedom from the issues controlling their lives.